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Lufthansa last night bowed to a key union demand in an attempt to end a
damaging dispute that led to 900 flights being grounded yesterday in a
24-hour walkout.

Both sides agreed to go to arbitration next week after the third and most
extensive day of action, ostensibly over pay but also over the company’s
restructuring plans, which affected more than 100,000 passengers.

Half its flights failed to take off, though the company said that it had made
alternative arrangements for at least 60,000 travellers.

Frankfurt, Lufthansa’s main hub and Europe’s third-busiest airport, was the
most severely affected of six